Test 11 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All…

Looking back: in chapter VII, the Rat heard a call in the piping «stronger even than the music is sweet». How is today's feeling alike?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, music, feeling · What happens: look back, hear, be · To what, where: call, piping · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 57 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All (the swallows and the call of the South)» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: Looking back: in chapter VII, the Rat heard a call in the piping «stronger even than the music is sweet».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 heard	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	VII	vii	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rat	det
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 heard	nsubj
10	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 call	det
12	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 heard	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 piping	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 piping	det
15	piping	piping	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 call	nmod
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 stronger	punct
17	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 piping	amod
18	even	even	ADV	_	23 sweet	advmod
19	than	than	SCONJ	_	23 sweet	mark
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 music	det
21	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 sweet	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 sweet	cop
23	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 stronger	advcl
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	23 sweet	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Rat not said here			in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	hear	past	the Rat	a call	the piping		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer call=Stimulus
3	is in a quote	present	the music			sweet property	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: How is today's feeling alike?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 alike	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 alike	cop
3	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feeling	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 today	case
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 alike	nsubj
6	alike	alike	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 alike	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	today's feeling					alike property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Again a call pulls at him and he cannot resist easily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Again	again	ADV	_	4 pulls	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 call	det
3	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulls	nsubj
4	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pulls	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 resist	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 resist	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 resist	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 resist	advmod
11	resist	resist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 pulls	conj
12	easily	easily	ADV	_	11 resist	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	present	a call				again	at him = he	vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at he=Theme
2	not resist	can	call					easily property	tree rules

Option 2

Once more a voice tugs and he cannot refuse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 tugs	advmod
2	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 tugs	advmod
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 voice	det
4	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tugs	nsubj
5	tugs	tug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 refuse	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 refuse	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 refuse	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 refuse	advmod
10	refuse	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 tugs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tug	present	a voice					once property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	not refuse	can	voice						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Again a call pulls at him and he cannot resist easily, though he tries to stay at home by the river

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Again	again	ADV	_	4 pulls	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 call	det
3	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulls	nsubj
4	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pulls	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 resist	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 resist	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 resist	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 resist	advmod
11	resist	resist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 pulls	conj
12	easily	easily	ADV	_	11 resist	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 tries	punct
14	though	though	SCONJ	_	16 tries	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 tries	nsubj
16	tries	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pulls	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 stay	mark
18	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 tries	xcomp
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 home	case
20	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 stay	obl
21	by	by	ADP	_	23 river	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 river	det
23	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	present	a call		again	at him = he	vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at he=Theme
2	not resist	can	call			easily property	tree rules
3	try	present	call				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	call not said here	home		by the river	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location

Option 4

Again a call pulls at him and he cannot resist easily, like the Rat did on the first spring morning

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Again	again	ADV	_	4 pulls	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 call	det
3	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulls	nsubj
4	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pulls	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 resist	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 resist	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 resist	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 resist	advmod
11	resist	resist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 pulls	conj
12	easily	easily	ADV	_	11 resist	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 did	punct
14	like	like	SCONJ	_	17 did	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Rat	det
16	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 did	nsubj
17	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pulls	conj
18	on	on	ADP	_	22 morning	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 morning	det
20	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	22 morning	amod
21	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 morning	compound
22	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 did	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	pull	present	a call	again	at him = he	vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at he=Theme
2	not resist	can	call		easily property	tree rules
3	do	past	the Rat	morning		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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